Texas Tech’s Fiber & Biopolymer Research Institute (FBRI), in conjunction with the Lubbock Cotton Exchange, will host the 41st session of the Texas International Cotton School from Aug. 1-11.The High Plains program features classes, lectures, tours and hands-on interaction in all phases of cotton production, harvesting, ginning, classing, testing, preparation and processing.The Cotton School is structured to provide an understanding of the Texas cotton industry and how it interacts with the global cotton/textile complex, said Noureddine Abidi, FBRI Director and the Leidigh Professor in Tech’s Department of Plant & Soil Science.The program provides hands-on instruction in cotton breeding, production, harvesting,